Summary

  • England reach close with a lead of seven runs

  • Australia's fast bowlers intimidate in final session

  • 'Like Thomson & Lillee all over again' - Tufnell on TMS

  • Cook & Vince out; Root hit on helmet by Starc bouncer

  • Australia 328 all out - Smith 141 not out

  1. Aus 197-5published at 77 overs

    Trail by 105

    A wide from Jake Ball, and he looks pretty miffed, despite the fact the ball went well over Steve Smith's head. Smith looks to angle a leggy delivery away but Root dives to cut off the ball. It's not often you see Smith looking this agitated. He's just starting to swish at the air in frustration. Ball surprises him a tad, too, with another delivery that rises on him, and he walks off to short leg to mutter to himself. And that's the first boundary of the day fro Steve Smith! He angles the ball down leg, but the leg slip that was there has disappeared, and the ball goes racing into the boundary rope. It's warmly received by the Australian fans.

  2. Postpublished at 01:06 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Drinks are done, and there's just four overs to go until the new ball arrives. By the looks of things, it'll be Jake Ball to continue.

  3. Postpublished at 01:02 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That was a freebie from Moeen - everyone in Test cricket, even number 11s, would've hit that for four.

  4. drinks break

    Aus 192-5published at 76 overs

    Paine 11, Smith 72

    Shot! A full toss from Moeen and Paine cashes it, absolutely bunting it through the covers and into the ropes. That's not ideal, given the pressure Chris Woakes and Jake Ball have been applying. Still, Paine absolutely creamed it. "Come on boys - seven down, hundred behind here," chirps Jonny Bairstow. The very embodiment of Geoffrey's add two wickets theory. That'll be drinks.

  5. Postpublished at 01:00 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Time for spin! Here's Moeen, with five overs to go until the new ball.

  6. Postpublished at 00:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at the Gabba

    Joe Root's innovative field has rattled Smith too. When he flapped at a Jake Ball bouncer, he was livid with himself. England's response was to drop Alastair Cook from slip to third man, a field even funkier than the previous Woakes over.

    Joe RootImage source, Reuters
  7. Aus 188-5published at 75 overs

    Smith 72, Paine 7

    This is very much a period of cricket that's worth interrupting your night out for, Harrison. There's a half yelp of an appeal from Jonny Bairstow as Ball strikes Paine on the pad, but that's sliding well down leg, I'd wager. The ball is coming through nicely to Bairstow now, as Paine lets a few deliveries fly. A full delivery is clipped off his pads for a single, before Smith bends his knees to duck the bouncer that ends the over.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 00:57 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    #bbccricket

    Harrison Taylor: In a nightclub so won't be able to watch the Ashes. Got a feeling BBC live text is going to be a life saver.

  9. Postpublished at 00:55 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Root brings Broad, Anderson and Ball together to have a brief conflab, before he goes back to readjusting his field. A penny for their thoughts...

  10. Aus 187-5published at 74 overs

    A swivel-pull from Paine isn't quite timed properly, and Woakes grimaces as he snaffles a single. That brings Smith on strike, and he gets a short ball that goes through to Bairstow at shoulder height. Another series of short balls come Smith's way, directed into the body, and he ducks them to cap off another fine over.

  11. Postpublished at 00:50 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    This is really good from Root. He's constantly tinkering with the field when Smith is on strike, trying to stop him getting settled and keeping him off kilter. It's great to see.

    Steve SmithImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 00:49 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at the Gabba

    Have a look at this field for Steve Smith. Six men on the leg side, three on the hook. No one between point and mid-on.

    Gabba
  13. Aus 186-5published at 73 overs

    Smith 72, Paine 5

    N'aww. There's a little toddler in the crowd decked out in an England shirt, having a whale of a time with his family in the stands. Jake Ball goes short and wide, and Smith's eyes light up, but he makes a real meal of the pull shot. The ball was rising, Smith chased it and he ended up groping at fresh air, rather than the ball. Ooh, and Smith is thoroughly unimpressed with himself for missing out on that gift. Runs aren't coming easy at the minute. That's a fine, clever over from Ball, and it's a maiden to boot.

  14. Postpublished at 00:45 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at the Gabba

    The TMS box is inside the members' enclosure at the Gabba, which lead to me getting a telling off. "You have to have a collar on your T-shirt, sir, even in the media." I'm suitably dressed today and looking to pounce on the collarless.

  15. Aus 186-5published at 72 overs

    Trail by 116

    Chris Woakes likes his mate's tactic and goes short to Steve Smith, and the Australia captain pulls the ball in between three fielders. That wasn't entirely controlled by Smith, but Tim Paine shows a cracking pull of his own to pick up a single. Root shuffles the field for his counterpart and Woakes bangs in a bouncer that Smith can get under. It's great captaincy from Root, constantly moving his field around and limiting Smith's scoring options. Glenn Maxwell, by the way, has just brought up his 250 in Victoria's Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales.

  16. Postpublished at 00:40 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    There is a paucity of quality cricketers in Australia. You could say the same about England, with how we've searched around for batsmen to fill the line-up.

    They've got a lot of similar players with nobody standing out so there's bound to be controversy about selections. But the Aussie media always take it too far, as they did with Tim Paine.

  17. Aus 183-5published at 71 overs

    Er. Jake Ball serves up a wide first up and gets widely jeered by the crowd, before he bangs in a fine bouncer that rises on Steve Smith. It gets up in that awkward area for Smith, high on his chest, and the ball goes flying off the shoulder of the bat and drops tantalisingly close to the slips. That's excellent from Ball, using his height to get that extra bounce. Smith shakes his head at himself and then taps a single away. Shot! That's Tim Paine up and running as he cuts a short, wide delivery away to the ropes. That's nice placement from Paine, guiding the ball just past the lurking fielder.

  18. Postpublished at 00:36 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    A double change for England, with Jake Ball replacing Anderson. We've got 10 overs until the new ball.

  19. How's stat?!published at 00:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2017

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    The last England XI with all players born in England was v Sri Lanka at Galle in 2003. The current team is only the third Test since 1989 with all 11 born in England.

  20. Aus 177-5published at 70 overs

    Trail by 125

    A touch leg side from Chris Woakes first up, and Steve Smtih helps it away for another leisurely single. Looking at Tim Paine's career, he has made one first-class century, back in 2006. Australia coach Darren Lehmann has made a ton in the Sheffield Shield more recently than that, in 2007. Still, he's watchful here against Woakes, leaving a few tempters outside off stump.